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Herald Brings Brazil Nightclub Tragedy Home
The nightclub fire that killed 233 people in Sao Paulo Santa Maria, Brazil, yesterday has, as many have pointed out, haunting similarities to The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island a decade ago. Both Boston dailies noted the echoes in their print … Continue reading
NYT – Finally – Catches Up To Campaign Outsider
Sunday New York Times Page One piece: Secret Donors Finance Fight Against Hagel A brand new conservative group calling itself Americans for a Strong Defense and financed by anonymous donors is running advertisements urging Democratic senators in five states to … Continue reading
The New New Republic
The hardworking staff received this email yesterday from The New Republic boy publisher Chris Hughes: Dear New Republic reader,You signed up to get an early look at The New Republic’s redesign, and I’m happy to announce that you can check it out this morning, … Continue reading
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Tagged boy publisher, Chris Hughes, Dan Kennedy, Media Nation, Obama 2008, The New Republic, TNR logo, TNR redesign
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Brown Out At The Boston Globe
One little word was big enough to make page 3 of today’s Boston Herald: ‘Bqhatevwr’ he said Scott Brown’s Twitter troubles light up Web with jokes Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown set off an Internet sensation early yesterday after a string of … Continue reading
TMI About Tito F.
From our Ewwwww! desk Today’s Boston Globe debuted a three-part series of excerpts from Francona: The Red Sox Years, co-authored by former Sox manager Terry Francona and Globe sportswriter Dan Shaughnessy. Inside Terry Francona’s Red Sox clubhouse Terry Francona loved his … Continue reading
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Hot Stove, Tepid Team
Today’s Boston Herald puts on the Page One pom-poms for the Olde Towne Team and its prospects for the upcoming season. Via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages: The piece in the Sports section has a level of optimism that’s exclusive to pre-spring-training days … Continue reading
Gilbert And Sullivan’s Wilde Ride
From our Annals of History desk In the late 19th Century, W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were entertainment superstars, having written such boffo light operas as H.M.S. Pinafore and Pirates of Penzance, both of which were hits not only in England but America as well. … Continue reading
Baker’s ‘Doesn’t’ In U.S. Senate Speculation
Lots of political prognostication in the local dailies today about who might do what in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat about to be vacated by John Kerry (D-Am I Secretary of State Now?). Start with the the Boston … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Weld, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Charlie Baker, Ed Markey, Frank Phillips, Hillary Chabot, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Joe Battenfeld, John Kerry, Kerry Healey, Michael Levenson, ML Strategies, Scott Brown, Stephen Lynch, The Newseum, Tom Menino
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Globe Wins Friday’s Ricki Noel Lander Bakeoff
Friday’s Boston Globe won the Robert Kraft Girlfriend Sweepstakes with this minimally juicy item: Lander at postseason premiere of ‘Movie 43’ Ricki Noel Lander, also known as Patriots owner Bob Kraft’s girlfriend, walked the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of “Movie 43” on … Continue reading
